Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

Controller

Colorado Springs, CO or Remote (U.S.) Full-time Finance

The greatest story ever told deserves financial stewardship worthy of it, and the people who steward it well deserve to be trusted with real ownership. If you find genuine satisfaction in a clean close, airtight controls, and numbers that tell the truth — we would love to meet you.

Come and See is the faith-based nonprofit media ministry behind The Chosen. Our mission is inviting everyone to encounter Jesus through exceptional storytelling that brings the Bible to life. From funding production of the series to translating every season into 600 languages and making it freely available around the world, our Team Members work together as collaborators in the greatest mission on earth.

And we are just getting started!

As our Controller, you will own the accounting operation behind our mission — the close, the controls, the audit, and the financial reporting our Board, auditors, and donors rely on. You will bring the technical judgment that stands behind our financial statements, turning the generosity entrusted to us into reporting that is accurate, timely, and built to last.

As Come and See has grown, so has the complexity of how we account for it — donor-restricted giving across four Pillars, production funding, translation and localization work across many languages and currencies, and a growing, distributed team. You will bring order and rigor to that complexity, freeing our CFO to focus on strategy and Board-level leadership.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will be close enough to the ledger to know when something is off, and senior enough to fix the process that caused it. When our CFO is away, you will hold the finance function.

We are also looking for someone as comfortable leveraging AI-powered tools to streamline financial operations as they are with traditional close processes and GAAP compliance — using AI copilots for reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting, while maintaining the rigor and judgment only an experienced finance leader brings.

You will report to the Chief Financial Officer.

• Own the close. Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, delivering reviewed financial statements under U.S. GAAP for not-for-profits (ASC 958) on an agreed timeline, with variance explanations.
• Steward the ledger. Own the general ledger, chart of accounts, net asset classification, and functional expense allocation methodology.
• Lead reporting and budgeting. Produce reporting packages for the CFO, executive team, and Board Finance/Audit Committee; lead the annual budget process and budget-to-actual reporting.
• Own technical accounting. Handle contributions, grants, royalties, and rebates, including conditional vs. unconditional determinations; research complex or novel transactions and bring well-supported recommendations.
• Keep donor and financial data in sync. Maintain the reconciliation between our donor CRM and the general ledger, and maintain project-level accounting so spend can be reported against the Pillar it serves.
• Lead the audit. Serve as primary auditor contact for our annual external audit; evaluate and respond to proposed adjustments.
• Design our controls. Build and enforce internal controls over financial reporting, including segregation of duties, banking access, payment approvals, and fraud prevention.
• Own compliance. Maintain charitable solicitation, state tax, and multi-state registrations; monitor unrelated business income.
• Authorize payroll. Serve as the final authorization point for each payroll cycle — reviewing the register prepared by People & Culture, resolving exceptions, and releasing payroll. You will authorize, not prepare.
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